Abstract: A push to talk (PTT) over cellular (PoC) wireless communication system (300) includes a media server (318), a push to commute (PTC) server (310) and a subscription database (328). The media server (318) identifies a contact having a uniform resource identifier (URI), the contact identifying location informative media. The PTC server (310) is coupled to the media server (318) and includes a contact/node database (316) for receiving and storing the contact therein linked to a location corresponding to the location informative media of the contact and a contact provisioner (320) for creating a plurality of nodes for the contact, the plurality of nodes associated with the contact and including XML data management information for each of a name, a URI, a contact type, a media type, and a URI of the PTC server (310) wherein the contact is stored.

Abstract: A method for receiving up-to-date transportation information at a user entity (120) in a wireless communication system (100) includes requesting up-to-date transportation information (502), determining which up-to-date transportation information is desired (506), requesting access to the desired up-to-date transportation information (510), and obtaining the desired up-to-date transportation information and providing the desired up-to-date transportation information (516, 518) to the user entity (120) for presentation to the user.